Retired detective claims officer tried to discredit him

A retired detective superintendent, who was criticised in a Morris Tribunal report, today said another officer was engaged in a conspiracy to discredit him over the Silver Bullet affair.

Retired Det Supt John McGinley told the tribunal suspended Detective Sergeant John White was attempting to draw him into the arrest of two members of the extended McBrearty family over false claims by a witness Bernard Conlon that he was threatened with a silver bullet.